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Protecting puppies

Re the Sept. 29 article Miami places six-month moratorium on new puppy stores: I’m glad Commissioners Francis Suarez and Marc Sarnoff are supporting a hold on new pet shop licenses while the city investigates the source of animals shipped to such stores. Once it’s proven that puppy mills are the overwhelming suppliers, I hope the commission moves to ban the sale of commercially bred dogs and cats at stores in the city.

This will protect consumers and animals.

John Amato, Tamarac

This story was originally published October 7, 2014 at 7:24 PM with the headline "Protecting puppies."

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